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We are dedicated to providing practical, meaningful, and helpful information—as well as inspiration, encouragement, and hope—in areas related to relationship building, effective instruction and guidance, and personal development.

We offer consultation and speaker services, print and other resources, as well as numerous articles, book excerpts, podcasts, handouts, and links on this site.

Recent Articles

Tired of Nagging Your Kids?

Or maybe your kids’ routines are more along the lines of pouting, arguing, ignoring you (or agreeing and then ignoring you).

Either way, in the day-to-day dealings with children, there are few things more frustrating than dealing with resistance, power struggles, or outright refusals to do what you want.

On a bad day, even the most reasonable requests can trigger an uncooperative, passive-aggressive, or even hostile response. More...

What I Learned When I Started Teaching

And why I write books for beginning educators

In retrospect, I was one of the lucky ones. I did my student teaching and first-year internship at two tough inner-city schools, the professional equivalent of learning to swim by jumping off a ship a mile from shore. As solid as my teacher training classes had been, I discovered a number of gaping holes in my preparation once I was actually facing my students for the first time.

At the very least, I was surprised to discover that the majority of my students were not easily-engaged, self-managing, traditional learners who wanted to be there and who wanted to learn, which described the kind of students More...

What people are saying

fa-quote-leftI have never been so inspired to be a better teacher then I have by listening to Jane. She is so down-to-earth, and leads by example. She is incredible, as she has drawn from many experiences to help the teachers—and more importantly, the students.fa-quote-right—Grade 1 teacher, Hay Lakes, AB, Canada